State Balasahithya Institute declared their awards in children’s literature for the year 2018. EzhacheriRamachandranreceived the highest award instituted in the name of Pala K.M Mathew for his collection of poems titled ‘Anguleemalan’. The award comprises of a purse of ₹60,001, citation, and sculpture. DC Books grabbed two awards in the category of production and translation.

Other awardees are G.R Indhugopan for ‘The Last Bhootham’ in prose and Vinod Vyshak in poetry for his book ‘Olapookal’. Sreekala Chingonli received the award for the biography of ‘Chembai Vaidyanathabhagavathar‘. In science, Dr. Ajith Prabhu’s’ ‘VilakkumVelichavum’ and in drama D.Pani’s ‘Rangakeli‘ received the awards.